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A.      I J  ILL 

To  I  the  Bill  reported  l>y  tlic  Commit- 

vtilitarj  AJffain   to  consolidate  companies,  battel' 
ion.-.  regiuentl  and  1  > r i gt '» 

1      Tin  tlo  enact 

2  That  whenever  a  company  a'rall  be  composed  of  leaf  than  thirty - 

3  I  a  battalion  ,,an  one  hundred  and  seventy 

4  i  t!.r?e  hundred  and  fifty  men. 

5  «              - ■  «f  comnoinsioned  eJRoei  be  consolid 
€  v   :  I  regimenta   in  the 

7  1  b   company    ph.il 

I  itl  wholf   number  of  men  in  the  brigade  l»e 

9  il    all  all    euJli 

10  f  ■  >  > 

1 1  da 

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all  other  battalions  and reg  ,  shall  be  as>- 

I  to  other  brigade,-  from  the  same  >:ate.  if  there  be  an/  ; 
7     otherwise,  in  any  brigade  or  brigades  in  the  same  corpi  d'enrmtiti 
Provided,  That  no  brigad  consolidated  which  shall 

9     contain,  at  the  time  of  eoi,sf.iidati.->n.   two  regiments  of  more 

10  than  fire  hundred  inn,   exclusive  of  commissioned  oflicers,  or 

1 1  ittalions  or  regin  ents   may  be  so    cotsolib'ated,   as  to 

12  form  two  such  regiments. 

1  Sko.  3.     Be  it  further  enacted,  That   from  the   supernumerary 

2  cflicers  of  the  Companies,    battalions,  regiments   and  brigades 

thus  consolidated,  the  Preside        shall    - el     I  the  officers  to  be 

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1  assigned  to  the  tew  consolidated  organizations:  and  he  may  a.-i- 

5  Bign  a  Brigadier  General  to  die  command  of  a  regiment ;  but  in 
that  case,  this   officer  shall   only    be   entitled   to   the   coramis- 

7  sioned  and  non-commissioned  staff  of  that  command, 

1  Sec.  4.    That  the  remaining  supernumerary  officers  of  the  con- 

2  solidated  corps  shall  be  allowed  thirty  days    to  organize  them- 

3  selves  into   companies,  battalions   or  regiments,  in  the  arm  of 

4  tte  service  which  they  shall   prefer,  to   be  commanded  by  oQi- 
■".  cera  appointed  by  the  IV  .-elected  among  them. 

('»  Any  officer  resigning  his  commission,  may  avail  himself  of  the 

7  privilege  accorded  to  him  by  the  Act  entitled,  "  An  Act  to  au- 

8  thorize  the   formation   of  new   commands    to    be  composed  of 
0  supernumerary  officers  who  may   resign  to  join  such  command?. 


10  and  to  limit  the  appointment  of  oflicci>  in  certain 

11  cafes,"  approi 

1  Sec.  5.     Tl  now  in  captivity 

2  who  ma j  ;    the   consolidation  con* 

3  template  Ippoinl  any  of 

4  them  by  theii 

r»  l»o  :,-  lumerarj 

r»  offia  to  Bach   in    the  preceding 

7  section  of  ih  -  A 


